What: The Faculty Curriculum Committee shall have jurisdiction on all matters directly pertinent to the curriculum of the School of Medicine including, but not limited to, program objectives, process, implementation integration, coordination and evaluation.

Who: The Faculty Curriculum Committee shall be composed of:

The Dean of Medicine, or alternate, and three designees

Three department chairs elected by the Executive Committee, one of which should be chair of a basic science department

Three members elected by the faculty, one of which should be from a basic science department

Four medical students with one elected from each class

Other members may be appointed by the associate dean for academic affairs as necessary to fulfill the mission of committee.

The Dean of Medicine shall designate one member of the Faculty Curriculum Committee to become the chair of the committee.

Elective positions to the Faculty Curriculum Committee shall have a term of three years, except that the student representatives shall have one-year terms. One-third of the elective faculty positions shall be filled annually.

Appointed positions shall have a term of one year.

Ad hoc correlative or special interest subcommittees shall be created by the Faculty Curriculum Committee as the need arises. The recommendations of these ad hoc subcommittees shall be directed to the Faculty Curriculum Committee for review and action.

Proposals for major changes in curriculum policy and design as defined by the Faculty Curriculum Committee must be ratified by a majority of faculty members present at a faculty meeting.

At the beginning of each FCC meeting, the voting member from each class will be identified to the chair.

*Each class receives a maximum of one vote per class. Dual Degree Reps receive one vote.

If there are no representatives present from a particular class, there is no vote for that class (i.e. if there are three 2nd years and no 1st years, one of the 2nd years cannot vote for the absent 1st years.)

(**) Not a voting member

Biennium One Subcommittee (B1)

The B1 Subcommittee meets on the third Monday of the month at noon to discuss educational issues related to years one and two, and is chaired by Mary Jo Trout, Pharm.D. The B1 website is accessible to B1 members only and is password protected.

Please contact Lynn Compton, (937) 775-2161 if you are a member but have forgotten the username and password.